Purple Thank You Cards

I was asked to do purple thank you cards and this was what I came up with!

The patterened paper is from my stash, purple cardstock - corner punch - and eyelet is Stampin' Up!, stamp is Stampendous, and the base is Georgia Pacific.  The details are the same for the next card also!

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Simple

I liked the paper too much to ink it up....

The cardstock is Stampin' Up! and the base is Georgia Pacific

This is my manly Thank You card....

Corner Punch is SU!, and so is the yellow cardstock, and the stamp is Stampendous.

Cards for Christ Sunday

Sunday is a day filled with church for me. I lots of time do nursery duronig Sunday School hours, then church (Abby is starting to sit with me for part of it), then home, and night service. I love my pastor and my church...not much more I can say on that!

These cards are using Our Daily Bread...The second one I like better, but I think they both are simply said. I will probably give them to the "Someone Cares" Ministry at our church. They write to prisoners and it is almost completely funded by the leaders of the group, so I like to help out when I can.

The patterened paper is from my stash...

Close To My Heartt cardstock...

Georgia Pacific cardstock for the base...

And as previously stated - Our Daily Bread Stamps...

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Love Those Cards

Today is a busy day...Nick is gone playing Army, Mom's morning in the park to watch the kids play, time with my friend Lisa and her kiddos, and then who knows what...I think game night with my girlfriends??  I think I still need a babysitter!!

Here are a couple more cards using my patterned paper stash - these are Close To My Heart, the cardstock it is mounted on is CTMH, Georgia Pacific Cardstock base, and Stampin' Up! Sentiments

"Don't treat me any differently that you would a queen!"

"Well behanved women seldom make history."

So fun, right? I like my cards, not as much time as I used to, but it gives me some serenity!

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Finally Friday

It's Friday - Finally! HA!

I thought I would also include some family pictures today as well...why not?

Me and the hubby....I love him with all my heart

The kiddos....how cute are they getting ready for bed?

And now for the card....

The stamp is from Our Daily Bread...Love their stamps!

The paper was in my huge stash...

Georgia Pacific for the base...

AC Cardstock for the black background...it is textured, but not that you can tell!

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for the wonderful Granparents I had growing up. I never had realy grandparents to look up to that I knew. So we had the Grandma Kobers - three women who never got married.  They had to remain single to keep the family farm and that is what they did.  All three have passed away, but I have so many childhood memories that include them.  I miss them bunches.

This paper I found reminds me of them....Don't know why - but it does!

The stamp in again from a Stampin' Up! set I bought...doesn't show up the greatest in the photo, but it will do!

"A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water"

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Patterned Paper

So I realized I has too much patterned paper...is that even really possible?

I decided to take do some more cards with simple paper and sentiments.

How did I do?

The sentiment is a Stampin' Up! Set I bought a while ago.  I am getting more and more into the simple stamps.  I still like to color, but since my craft time is limited I can't do the images as much as I used to.  Doesn't mean I will stop, I will just slow down!

"There is nothing wrong with the world that a sensible woman could not settle in an afternoon"

How true? 

I think these colors make me happy and that is why I love it so much....

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Manic Monday

Hey Gals!

Please excuse the dust as I changed my blog a little bit and lost a lot!

I am misisng my Tangled Up In Creativity Girls, the blogs I visit and a few other things.

I hope to have those things back up and running on my blog this afternoon as this is my early day off of work.  Not that I get home early...I visit my friend Lisa, run to WalMart and the post office, and then walk with Petra!

I have plenty of cards to show you, but that will not happen until tomorrow as today I am exhausted with changing this blog and am kind of frustrated with blogging now!

If you want you can see the cute background I put on my family website at:

http://www.mollyritterbeck.blogspot.com/

Super cute!

See you tomorrow!

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Benefit for Terry Wicker

We are all given talents from the Lord to use.  I think that I have a talent in making cards and I feel a call to work with it.  One of my friends Terry Wicker got a liver transplant and is not needing to pay for the part insurance doesn't cover.  This is a lot as you can imagine. To help in addition to a benefit that will be held, I am making Cards For Terry.

For each 6 pack of cards (With envelopes) you will pay $8 - $4 of which goes directly to Terry.  This is all profits to Terry.  So far I have $40 for Terry...my goal is $100.

Here is a more vintage looking one:

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WINNER~

THE WINNER IS JENN!

Jenn - Email me your address!

Vote For The Winner!

Take a look at these great cards a vote for a winner!

Winner will be announced on 8-10-10 due to complications getting blogger to work with me!

The name is listed above the card is belongs to!

APRIL

CHRISTY

DANIE

DAWN

DEBBIE

JENN

KAREN

LYNN

MARY-KATE

MONICA

Are these cards gorgeous??  Please vote on the right hand side for who you love!  The will win a prize that will be revealed on the 11th!

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Tangled Up Challenge!!

Geesh...Yet again the colors should be Red and Pink......Goodness I need a camera for my Birthday!

CHALLENGE!!!!!

I love simple cards...so my challenge to you is this:

Make a very simple card.

One sentiment or one picture only.

If you use a picture please keep it simple - no detailed coloring

I want it to be simple and classic.

Please email me your pictures to:

missmollycreations@gmail.com

I will post once the challenge ends so you can vote on everyone's creations!

I will have a prize for those that are in our blog group (Tangled Up In Creativity) & for those who are not part of the group!

Challenge Runs July 30th- August 5th

Voting lasts August 6th - 8th

Winner Announced August 9th!

Check out my simple yet chic "You're The Best" card:

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Gearing Up

First of all...not sure if you can tell, but the colors are white, pink, and chocolate....man my camera stinks!

I am trying 3 more craft fairs this fall to try and get some funds for last minute Christmas shopping.  I am sticking to cards as that is how I made money last time...not much on the other ideas. 

I am going to be selling thank you notes in sets of 6 for $8.00 - What do you think?

I use one sheet of DP for $0.59, about $1.00 worth (Acutally less) of ribbon, about $1.00 of glue, $0.32 in cardstock, and $1.00 per pack of 8 envelopes and notecards. 

Add that up -  $3.91 in product give or take - so that means $4 profit on each set - not including my time which is okay since this is stress relief for me.

Please don't forget that tomorrow a challenge will be posted for all to join!!!

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Hey Girlies!

Hey Girlies!

I hope you have all been enjoying your summer!  I took some time for swimming lessons, reading, new job, and some fun! 

I love thank you cards....I think I use them more than anything...Thanks someone for their help, their friendship, dinner, their kindness....ANYTHING! I am a fan of good old fashioned mail as well so I use a lot of plain cards as well.

Below you will see two cards I made for a friend in a batch of cards I did for her.  I know the ribbon is from the '07 Stampin' Up! In Colors.  The white cardstock is Georgia Pacific, the background cardstock (regal rose?) and the DP is Stampin' Up! - but forgive me for not knowing the actual names as they are older.

The stamp came in a kit for mini thank you notes from Stampin' Up! also....I guess I was on an SU! kick with this set!

Please keep an eye out as July 30th (Friday) I will be hosting a challenge with great prizes - one for the great gals I blog with and one for everyone else who participates! I hope you will join me!

As a kick-off to my return to cards (again..ha) I will be offering a prize to those who comment on this post!  We will need 25 people to comment to "unlock" the prize...once we hit 25 I will have a random winner picked!

Thanks so much for keeping the faith....You all are the best!

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You LIke?

So I played around with my blog yesterday to see what I could come up with.

Do you like?

Please let me know if something doesn't navigate well or it you don't like something - I want this blog to be an enjoyable experience for you all!

I have still yet to try out the pages thing...but I will get there when I get some more time!

Today I am going to highlight a Christmas card I have made a gazillion times. I finally parted ways with this stamp set because I felt that I needed something new or my relatives were going to think I only made one card 1,000 times and am going to send it until it is gone! :)

It is using Stampin' Up! City of David set, White Card Georgia Pacific Cardstock, Baja Blue Cardstock, Ribbon, and Ink.  I made the oval template myself out of a coaster, taped the edges so the sponge wouldn't pick up the rough edges and this is what it looks like!

Sorry that this picture is so small and rough....my settings were not done right...so please take this as a what not to do when taking a picture! :)

I hope you all enjoyed your Fourth of July weekend...I did!  I also hugged my husband tightly as he is a soldier who got to be home with his family unlike many others.

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